Calibrachoa Plant Named &#39;KLECA16337&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new Calibrachoa plant particularly distinguished by having yellow flowers with darker yellow centers and a semi-trailing and mounding habit, is disclosed.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to and the benefit of Canadian PlantBreeders Rights application filed on Mar. 27, 2017, Application No.17/9144, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein byreference for all purposes.

Genus and species: Calibrachoa sp.

Variety denomination: ‘KLECA16337’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety ofCalibrachoa, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp., and hereinafterreferred to by the variety name ‘KLECA16337’. ‘KLECA16337’ originatedfrom a controlled-cross performed in summer 2012 between the proprietaryfemale Calibrachoa parent ‘CA-2011-0508’ (unpatented), and theproprietary male Calibrachoa parent ‘CA-2012-0078’ (unpatented), inStuttgart, Germany.

The seeds from the cross were sown and plants were grown in a greenhousefor evaluation, where an individual plant designated ‘KLECA16337’ wasselected from the group of plants in May 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany. InMay 2013, ‘KLECA16337’ was first vegetatively propagated by terminal tipcuttings. ‘KLECA16337’ was found to reproduce true to type in successivegenerations of asexual propagation via tissue culture and terminal tipcuttings.

SUMMARY

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Stuttgart, Germany.

-   -   1. Yellow flowers with darker yellow centers; and    -   2. A semi-trailing and mounding habit.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

This new Calibrachoa plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographwhich shows the whole plant, including the habit, the foliage, theflowers, and the buds.

The photograph is of a 7-week-old plant grown in a pot outdoors inStuttgart, Germany in April 2015. The colors shown are as true as can bereasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘KLECA16337’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inStuttgart, Germany. Data was collected on 20-week-old plants grown in anoutdoor field in Stuttgart, Germany. Color references are to The R.H.S.Colour 5^(th) Edition Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London(R.H.S.) (2007).

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Solanaceae.        -   Botanical.—Calibrachoa sp.        -   Common.—Calibrachoa.        -   Designation.—‘KLECA16337’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—Proprietary Calibrachoa ‘CA-2011-0508’            (unpatented).        -   Male parent.—Proprietary Calibrachoa ‘CA-2012-0078’            (unpatented).-   Plant:    -   -   Life cycle.—Annual.        -   Habit.—Semi-trailing and mounding.        -   Height (from soil line to top of foliage).—10.0 cm.        -   Spread.—45.0 cm.        -   Propagation.—Vegetatively propagated by tip cuttings and            tissue culture.        -   Time to produce a rooted cutting.—3 weeks.-   Stems:    -   -   Stem color.—RHS 145A (Yellow-green).        -   Pubescence.—Absent.        -   Diameter.—0.2 cm to 0.3 cm.        -   Length.—25.0 cm. From soil line to first node: 2.0 cm. Total            length: 27.0 cm.        -   Internode length.—1.5 cm to 3.0 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite.        -   Shape.—Ovate.        -   Apex.—Obtuse.        -   Base.—Attenuate.        -   Margin.—Ciliate.        -   Surface texture.—Smooth.        -   Surface pubescence.—Absent.        -   Venation pattern.—Arcuate.        -   Venation color.—Upper surface: RHS 144C (Yellow-green).            Lower surface: RHS 144D (Yellow-green).        -   Length.—2.0 cm.        -   Width.—0.9 cm.        -   Color.—Upper surface: RHS N137A (Green). Lower surface: RHS            137B (Green).        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Flowers:    -   -   Flower type.—Determinate inflorescence with single flowers.        -   Flowering requirements.—A minimum of light sun is required.        -   Duration of flowers on the plant.—6 days.        -   Shape.—Funnel-form.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Flower depth.—2.8 cm.        -   Flower tube length.—1.8 cm.        -   Flower tube diameter.—0.6 cm.        -   Flower diameter.—3.2 cm.        -   Pedicel color.—RHS 145A (Yellow-green).        -   Pedicel length.—1.2 cm.        -   Pedicel diameter.—0.1 cm.-   Flower buds:    -   -   Surface texture.—Smooth.        -   Length.—1.9 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.3 cm.        -   Shape.—Irregular to oblong.        -   Color.—RHS 4C (Yellow).-   Peduncle:    -   -   Length.—1.2 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.1 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 145A (Yellow-green).        -   Surface texture.—Smooth.        -   Anthocyanin color.—Absent.-   Petals:    -   -   Shape.—Obcordate.        -   Length.—1.5 cm.        -   Apex.—Rounded.        -   Margin.—Entire, with weak undulation.        -   Base.—Open and fused in the tube.        -   Pubescence.—Absent.        -   Lobe length.—1.5 cm.        -   Lobe width.—1.6 cm.        -   Color.—Lobe color: Upper surface: Main color is RHS 4D            (Yellow) and is RHS 6C (Yellow) at the transitions to the            corolla tube. Lower surface: RHS 4D (Yellow). Corolla tube            color: Inner surface: RHS 9B (Yellow). Outer surface: RHS 9D            (Yellow).        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Sepals:    -   -   Calyx.—Funnel-shaped.        -   Shape.—Lanceolate.        -   Apex.—Acute.        -   Margin.—Entire.        -   Length.—1.3 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.3 cm.        -   Color.—Upper surface: RHS 143B (Green). Lower surface: RHS            143C (Green).-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamen.—Quantity per flower: 5. Anther color: RHS 7A            (Yellow). Filament color: RHS 145C (Yellow-green). Filament            length: 0.8 cm. Pollen color: RHS 7A (Yellow). Pollen            amount: Medium.        -   Pistil.—Ovary, placenta arrangement: Ovate. Pistil number            per flower: 1. Pistil length: 1.1 cm. Stigma color: RHS 143B            (Green). Style length: 0.8 cm. Style color: RHS 150C            (Yellow-green).-   Fruit and seed set: Not observed.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY

‘KLECA16337’ is distinguished from the female and male parental lines asdescribed in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Female parent Male ParentCharacteristic ‘KLECA16337’ ‘CA-2011-0508’ ‘CA-2012-0078’ Main flowercolor Yellow Orange-red Pink

‘KLECA16337’ is most similar to the commercial Calibrachoa plant named‘KLECA15327’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 28,390), also known as MINIFAMOUS NEO‘Deep Yellow’. Differences between the two varieties are described inTable 2.

TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Characteristic ‘KLECA16337’‘KLECA15327’ Main flower color RHS 4D RHS 6C Main color at transition toRHS 6C RHS 12A corolla tube Size of area of main color at Medium Largeto very transition to corolla tube large

We claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant named‘KLECA16337’ as illustrated and described herein.